Why all children should be welcomed in regular classrooms – especially children with disabilities! How would you feel if you were shut away in a place and not allowed to be with everyone else? This happens everyday for many students with disabilities and is wrong for a great many reasons. First, it is a human…

Hello from New York! I have come here with my mum for World Down Syndrome Day at the United Nations Headquarters and I also dropped in on Abrams Books, the American publisher of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, to deliver this letter to Mr Michael Jacobs, their Chief Executive Officer at his office on Broadway Street. I was…

To read my Open Letter in PORTUGUESE, please scroll down! _____________________________ Dear Mr Kinney (and Puffin Books) I have a 9 year old brother, Julius, and a 7 year old sister, Drea. Julius has Down syndrome and goes to the same school as Drea and me. Yesterday I was listening to Drea reading aloud your…

I wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, to ask him to give a speech on International Day of People With Disability 2017. He said he was not able to accept my request then so I am going to write to him again. My first letter is this one. Parliament House Canberra, ACT, Australia Dear…

The Day of General Discussion for Inclusive Education in Geneva When I was 7 years old, I visited the United Nations for the Day of General Discussion for Inclusive Education. I went with my mum and heard many people talk about inclusive education and why it’s important for every child. On the way back to…